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  • 81 cegador

    adj.
    blinding, dazzling, glaring.
    * * *
    1 blinding
    * * *
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo blinding
    * * *
    Ex. Between the blinding light of day and the dark of night, there is a strip of twilight on the globe where colorful details in the atmosphere can be seen.
    ----
    * luz cegadora = blinding light.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo blinding
    * * *

    Ex: Between the blinding light of day and the dark of night, there is a strip of twilight on the globe where colorful details in the atmosphere can be seen.

    * luz cegadora = blinding light.

    * * *
    blinding
    * * *

    cegador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    blinding
    cegador,-ora adjetivo blinding
    una luz cegadora, a blinding light

    ' cegador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cegadora
    English:
    blinding
    * * *
    cegador, -ora adj
    blinding
    * * *
    adj blinding
    * * *
    cegador, - dora adj
    : blinding

    Spanish-English dictionary > cegador

  • 82 ceremonia

    f.
    1 ceremony (acto).
    ceremonia de apertura opening ceremony
    ceremonia de clausura closing ceremony
    ceremonia inaugural opening ceremony
    2 ceremony, pomp (pompa, boato).
    recibieron a los reyes con gran ceremonia they welcomed the king and queen with great pomp
    3 ritual, rite, ceremony, liturgy.
    4 formality, ceremony, protocol, ceremoniousness.
    * * *
    1 ceremony
    2 (cumplido) deference, ceremony
    \
    con mucha ceremonia / con gran ceremonia with great pomp
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acto) ceremony

    ceremonia religiosa — religious ceremony, (religious) service

    2) (=afectación) formality, ceremoniousness

    ¡déjate de ceremonias! — don't stand on ceremony!

    sin ceremonia: el rey nos habló sin ceremonias — the king spoke to us plainly o without any ceremony

    * * *
    femenino ceremony
    * * *
    = fuss, ritual, ceremony, rite, function, rite of passage, ritual of passage.
    Ex. Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.
    Ex. For example, a textbook on 'Social anthropology' will contain information on a large number of concepts such as social structure, kinship, marriage, ritual, etc.
    Ex. The types of materials include imperial writings, noble diaries, books on protocol and ceremonies, books relating to imperial tombs and early Chinese material.
    Ex. This is a list of uniform titles for liturgical works of the Latin rites of the Catholic Church.
    Ex. The workshop consisted of an inaugural function, a series of lectures, a panel discussion and a valedictory function.
    Ex. These books deal with stories involving ' rites of passage' for boys and girls who are coming of age in different countries.
    Ex. For some people class reunions act as a ritual of passage, while for others it may seems like a painful reminder of time marching on.
    ----
    * ceremonia de apertura = opening ceremony.
    * ceremonia de clausura = closing ceremony.
    * ceremonia de entrega de premios = award(s) ceremony.
    * ceremonia de entrega de títulos = graduation ceremony.
    * ceremonia de graduación = commencement, graduation day, graduation ceremony.
    * ceremonia de inauguración = opening ceremony.
    * ceremonia de iniciación = initiation ritual, rite of passage.
    * ceremonia del matrimonio = marriage ceremony.
    * ceremonia del té = tea ceremony.
    * ceremonia inaugural = unveiling ceremony, inaugural ceremony, opening ceremony.
    * ceremonia nupcial = wedding ceremony.
    * ceremonia privada = private ceremony.
    * con mucha ceremonia = ceremoniously.
    * gustar la ceremonia = stand on + ceremony.
    * maestro de ceremonias = master of ceremonies, toastmaster.
    * sin ceremonias = unceremonious, unceremoniously.
    * traje de ceremonia = regalia.
    * * *
    femenino ceremony
    * * *
    = fuss, ritual, ceremony, rite, function, rite of passage, ritual of passage.

    Ex: Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.

    Ex: For example, a textbook on 'Social anthropology' will contain information on a large number of concepts such as social structure, kinship, marriage, ritual, etc.
    Ex: The types of materials include imperial writings, noble diaries, books on protocol and ceremonies, books relating to imperial tombs and early Chinese material.
    Ex: This is a list of uniform titles for liturgical works of the Latin rites of the Catholic Church.
    Ex: The workshop consisted of an inaugural function, a series of lectures, a panel discussion and a valedictory function.
    Ex: These books deal with stories involving ' rites of passage' for boys and girls who are coming of age in different countries.
    Ex: For some people class reunions act as a ritual of passage, while for others it may seems like a painful reminder of time marching on.
    * ceremonia de apertura = opening ceremony.
    * ceremonia de clausura = closing ceremony.
    * ceremonia de entrega de premios = award(s) ceremony.
    * ceremonia de entrega de títulos = graduation ceremony.
    * ceremonia de graduación = commencement, graduation day, graduation ceremony.
    * ceremonia de inauguración = opening ceremony.
    * ceremonia de iniciación = initiation ritual, rite of passage.
    * ceremonia del matrimonio = marriage ceremony.
    * ceremonia del té = tea ceremony.
    * ceremonia inaugural = unveiling ceremony, inaugural ceremony, opening ceremony.
    * ceremonia nupcial = wedding ceremony.
    * ceremonia privada = private ceremony.
    * con mucha ceremonia = ceremoniously.
    * gustar la ceremonia = stand on + ceremony.
    * maestro de ceremonias = master of ceremonies, toastmaster.
    * sin ceremonias = unceremonious, unceremoniously.
    * traje de ceremonia = regalia.

    * * *
    1 (acto) ceremony
    la ceremonia de asunción del mando the inauguration ceremony
    la ceremonia de la boda the wedding service
    2 ( fam) (solemnidad) ceremony
    no andemos con ceremonias let's not stand on ceremony
    lo hizo todo sin ceremonia she did it all without any fuss ( colloq)
    * * *

    ceremonia sustantivo femenino
    ceremony;

    ceremonia sustantivo femenino ceremony

    ' ceremonia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    boda
    - clausura
    - graduación
    - inaugural
    - naturalidad
    - pompa
    - acto
    - comienzo
    - entierro
    - iniciar
    - íntimo
    - lindo
    - nupcial
    - palabra
    - premiación
    English:
    ceremony
    - commencement
    - do
    - gown
    - graduation
    - initiation
    - low-key
    - marriage
    - palace
    - participate
    - presentation
    - robe
    - formality
    - frill
    - informality
    - unchanged
    * * *
    1. [acto] ceremony;
    ceremonia de apertura/de clausura opening/closing ceremony;
    Am
    ceremonia de transmisión de mando ceremonial handover of power
    2. [pompa, boato] ceremony, pomp;
    recibieron a los reyes con gran ceremonia they welcomed the king and queen with great pomp;
    se casaron sin ceremonia ni formalidades de ningún tipo their wedding was a very quiet and modest affair
    * * *
    f ceremony;
    sin ceremonias without ceremony
    * * *
    : ceremony
    ♦ ceremonial adj
    * * *
    ceremonia n ceremony [pl. ceremonies]

    Spanish-English dictionary > ceremonia

  • 83 columna termal

    (n.) = thermal
    Ex. Hang gliders weighing hundreds of pounds with their gear can keep aloft for hours at a time by ' thermals' -- pockets of warm air rising into the atmosphere.
    * * *
    (n.) = thermal

    Ex: Hang gliders weighing hundreds of pounds with their gear can keep aloft for hours at a time by ' thermals' -- pockets of warm air rising into the atmosphere.

    Spanish-English dictionary > columna termal

  • 84 cometido

    m.
    1 mission, task (objetivo).
    2 duty.
    3 commitment, goal, ambition, earnest attempt.
    4 task assignment, task, enterprise, mission.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: cometer.
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    1 (encargo) task, assignment
    2 (deber) duty
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    noun m.
    * * *
    SM task, mission
    * * *
    a) (tarea, deber) task, mission
    b) (Chi) ( actuación) performance
    * * *
    = assignment, duty [duties, -pl.], mandate, remit, office, workpackage, brief, hat, task, portfolio, responsibility.
    Ex. The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.
    Ex. Organisations often expect an information officer or librarian to prepare such abstracts as are necessary, in addition to performing various other information duties.
    Ex. The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex. The service was withdrawn from lack of use but because the State Telephone Service considered the department outside its remit.
    Ex. Until Groome appeared, city officials were chosen not so much for their ability to administer the affairs of their offices as for who they knew; hence, old-style machine politics with its accompanying corruption found a congenial atmosphere in which to operate.
    Ex. One of the workpackages of the project is the preparation of software for UKMARC to UNIMARC conversion.
    Ex. This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
    Ex. The city librarian has commonly been a general cultural consultant, often with more than one hat, with the curatorship of the museum and/or art gallery as additional offices.
    Ex. Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.
    Ex. Commission decisions are taken collectively, although each Commissioner is responsible for one or more portfolios, or areas of policy.
    Ex. The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.
    ----
    * cometido adicional = overhead operation.
    * cometido por pandillas = gang-related.
    * cometidos = terms of reference.
    * cuyos cometidos se solapan = overlapping.
    * desempeñar + Posesivo + cometido = carry out + Posesivo + responsibility.
    * deshacer los errores cometidos = turn + the clock back.
    * lista de personas y cometidos = duty roster.
    * * *
    a) (tarea, deber) task, mission
    b) (Chi) ( actuación) performance
    * * *
    = assignment, duty [duties, -pl.], mandate, remit, office, workpackage, brief, hat, task, portfolio, responsibility.

    Ex: The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.

    Ex: Organisations often expect an information officer or librarian to prepare such abstracts as are necessary, in addition to performing various other information duties.
    Ex: The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex: The service was withdrawn from lack of use but because the State Telephone Service considered the department outside its remit.
    Ex: Until Groome appeared, city officials were chosen not so much for their ability to administer the affairs of their offices as for who they knew; hence, old-style machine politics with its accompanying corruption found a congenial atmosphere in which to operate.
    Ex: One of the workpackages of the project is the preparation of software for UKMARC to UNIMARC conversion.
    Ex: This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
    Ex: The city librarian has commonly been a general cultural consultant, often with more than one hat, with the curatorship of the museum and/or art gallery as additional offices.
    Ex: Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.
    Ex: Commission decisions are taken collectively, although each Commissioner is responsible for one or more portfolios, or areas of policy.
    Ex: The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.
    * cometido adicional = overhead operation.
    * cometido por pandillas = gang-related.
    * cometidos = terms of reference.
    * cuyos cometidos se solapan = overlapping.
    * desempeñar + Posesivo + cometido = carry out + Posesivo + responsibility.
    * deshacer los errores cometidos = turn + the clock back.
    * lista de personas y cometidos = duty roster.

    * * *
    1 (tarea, deber) task, mission
    cumplió (con) su cometido she carried out her mission o task
    2 ( Chi) (actuación) performance
    * * *

    Del verbo cometer: ( conjugate cometer)

    cometido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    cometer    
    cometido
    cometer ( conjugate cometer) verbo transitivo ‹crimen/delito/pecado› to commit;
    ‹error/falta› to make
    cometido sustantivo masculino
    a) (tarea, deber) task, mission


    cometer verbo transitivo
    1 (una falta, un error) to make: cuídate de no cometer ningún error, be careful not to make any mistakes
    2 (perpetrar) to commit: han atrapado al delincuente que cometió el atraco, they've caught the delinquent who committed the robbery
    cometido sustantivo masculino
    1 (tarea) task, assignment
    2 (función) duty
    ' cometido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    papel
    - estar
    - función
    English:
    admit
    - crime
    - deny
    - mission
    - felon
    - offender
    * * *
    1. [objetivo] mission, task
    2. [deber] duty
    * * *
    m task
    * * *
    : assignment, task

    Spanish-English dictionary > cometido

  • 85 comunicabilidad

    f.
    communicability.
    * * *
    = expansiveness, communicability.
    Ex. The informal relaxed atmosphere is also conducive to a greater expansiveness on the part of even the most reticent of speakers.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Different contexts in electronic communication: some remarks on the communicability of scientific knowledge'.
    * * *
    = expansiveness, communicability.

    Ex: The informal relaxed atmosphere is also conducive to a greater expansiveness on the part of even the most reticent of speakers.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Different contexts in electronic communication: some remarks on the communicability of scientific knowledge'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comunicabilidad

  • 86 con basura por el suelo

    (adj.) = littered
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    * * *
    (adj.) = littered

    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

    Spanish-English dictionary > con basura por el suelo

  • 87 con las garras fuera

    (adj.) = knives-out
    Ex. The recent vote of no confidence against the leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party has created a ' knives-out' atmosphere in the press.
    * * *
    (adj.) = knives-out

    Ex: The recent vote of no confidence against the leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party has created a ' knives-out' atmosphere in the press.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con las garras fuera

  • 88 con las uñas fuera

    (adj.) = knives-out
    Ex. The recent vote of no confidence against the leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party has created a ' knives-out' atmosphere in the press.
    * * *
    (adj.) = knives-out

    Ex: The recent vote of no confidence against the leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party has created a ' knives-out' atmosphere in the press.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con las uñas fuera

  • 89 con respecto a

    with regard to, regarding
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    regarding, in regard to
    * * *
    = concerning, in regard to, regarding, regarding, vis à vis, with regard(s) to, with respect to, within, as to, in extent of, in terms of, in the way of, as for, as regards, in relation to, in comparison with, in comparison to, as to the matter of, in reference to, now as to
    Ex. Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.
    Ex. Headings represent the predilection of the cataloger in regard to terminology.
    Ex. In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.
    Ex. In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.
    Ex. The information note following the explanatory heading provides guidance to the user of the catalogue vis à vis the conventions used in formulating uniform headings.
    Ex. KWOC or Keyword Out of Context indexes are intended to improve upon KWIC indexes, with regards to layout and presentation.
    Ex. In so doing the classifier should group documents in a useful order with respect to one another.
    Ex. Most data base producers have in-house guidelines for bibliographic description, and aim to achieve consistency of citation within their products.
    Ex. With a limited number of exceptions the title proper is transcribed exactly as to order, wording and spelling.
    Ex. In extent of enumeration and location of some topics, the sixteenth edition went back to the fourteenth edition.
    Ex. And we have all of the ingredients for the creation of an atmosphere in which the proponents of expediency could couch their arguments in terms of cost effectiveness.
    Ex. Indeed, the changes are so rapid and so diverse, our plans for the future must also include what is presently possible in the way of information dissemination.
    Ex. As for the future, the technology already exists for interfacing head-end computers on cable television systems with online catalog computers so that television sets can be employed to access catalogs.
    Ex. Practice as regards integration varies considerably.
    Ex. It is easiest to discuss the criteria for effective schedules in relation to the treatment of specific subjects.
    Ex. However, twentieth century literature is poorly treated in comparison with earlier periods.
    Ex. The new method appears to offer accurate results and efficient computation in comparison to other approaches.
    Ex. As to the matter of relics, it is almost incredible how impudently the world has been cheated.
    Ex. We now know enough in reference to the prevention and cure of communicable diseases so that the average human life might be lengthened by a third.
    Ex. Now as to the country of Samaria, it lies between Judea and Galilee and is made up hills and valleys.
    * * *
    = concerning, in regard to, regarding, regarding, vis à vis, with regard(s) to, with respect to, within, as to, in extent of, in terms of, in the way of, as for, as regards, in relation to, in comparison with, in comparison to, as to the matter of, in reference to, now as to

    Ex: Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.

    Ex: Headings represent the predilection of the cataloger in regard to terminology.
    Ex: In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.
    Ex: In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.
    Ex: The information note following the explanatory heading provides guidance to the user of the catalogue vis à vis the conventions used in formulating uniform headings.
    Ex: KWOC or Keyword Out of Context indexes are intended to improve upon KWIC indexes, with regards to layout and presentation.
    Ex: In so doing the classifier should group documents in a useful order with respect to one another.
    Ex: Most data base producers have in-house guidelines for bibliographic description, and aim to achieve consistency of citation within their products.
    Ex: With a limited number of exceptions the title proper is transcribed exactly as to order, wording and spelling.
    Ex: In extent of enumeration and location of some topics, the sixteenth edition went back to the fourteenth edition.
    Ex: And we have all of the ingredients for the creation of an atmosphere in which the proponents of expediency could couch their arguments in terms of cost effectiveness.
    Ex: Indeed, the changes are so rapid and so diverse, our plans for the future must also include what is presently possible in the way of information dissemination.
    Ex: As for the future, the technology already exists for interfacing head-end computers on cable television systems with online catalog computers so that television sets can be employed to access catalogs.
    Ex: Practice as regards integration varies considerably.
    Ex: It is easiest to discuss the criteria for effective schedules in relation to the treatment of specific subjects.
    Ex: However, twentieth century literature is poorly treated in comparison with earlier periods.
    Ex: The new method appears to offer accurate results and efficient computation in comparison to other approaches.
    Ex: As to the matter of relics, it is almost incredible how impudently the world has been cheated.
    Ex: We now know enough in reference to the prevention and cure of communicable diseases so that the average human life might be lengthened by a third.
    Ex: Now as to the country of Samaria, it lies between Judea and Galilee and is made up hills and valleys.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con respecto a

  • 90 conseguir admiración

    (v.) = gain + respect
    Ex. Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.
    * * *
    (v.) = gain + respect

    Ex: Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.

    Spanish-English dictionary > conseguir admiración

  • 91 conseguir respeto

    (v.) = gain + respect
    Ex. Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.
    * * *
    (v.) = gain + respect

    Ex: Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.

    Spanish-English dictionary > conseguir respeto

  • 92 contagioso

    adj.
    contagious, infectious, catchy, catching.
    * * *
    1 infectious, contagious
    ■ enfermedad contagiosa infectious disease, contagious disease
    * * *
    (f. - contagiosa)
    adj.
    catching, contagious
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Med) [enfermedad] contagious; [enfermo] infected, infectious
    2) (fig) catching; [risa] infectious
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( por contacto - directo) contagious; (- indirecto) infectious
    b) <risa/alegría> infectious
    * * *
    = contagious, infectious.
    Ex. This was not meant to be a piece of puffery designed to provide an ego boost for Balzac: the convivial atmosphere was contagious and he spoke with complete sincerity.
    Ex. Startlingly, we find also that Rule 2.44 would permit either Horses -- Diseases or Horse -- Diseases -- Strangles for a document on strangles in horses (an infectious streptococcal fever); the first of these is blatantly class entry rather than specific, while the second is equally blatantly alphabetico classed.
    ----
    * enfermedad contagiosa = infectious disease, communicable disease.
    * no contagioso = non-contagious.
    * risa contagiosa = infectious laugh, infectious laughter.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( por contacto - directo) contagious; (- indirecto) infectious
    b) <risa/alegría> infectious
    * * *
    = contagious, infectious.

    Ex: This was not meant to be a piece of puffery designed to provide an ego boost for Balzac: the convivial atmosphere was contagious and he spoke with complete sincerity.

    Ex: Startlingly, we find also that Rule 2.44 would permit either Horses -- Diseases or Horse -- Diseases -- Strangles for a document on strangles in horses (an infectious streptococcal fever); the first of these is blatantly class entry rather than specific, while the second is equally blatantly alphabetico classed.
    * enfermedad contagiosa = infectious disease, communicable disease.
    * no contagioso = non-contagious.
    * risa contagiosa = infectious laugh, infectious laughter.

    * * *
    1 (que se transmite por contacto — directo) contagious; (— indirecto) infectious
    no es contagioso it isn't contagious o ( colloq) catching
    2 ‹risa/alegría› infectious
    * * *

    contagioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    (— indirecto) infectious
    b) ‹risa/alegría› infectious

    contagioso,-a adj (virus, enfermedad) contagious, infectious
    fam (alegría) infectious
    ' contagioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    contagiarse
    - contagiosa
    English:
    catching
    - communicable
    - contagious
    - infectious
    * * *
    contagioso, -a adj
    1. [enfermedad] [por contacto directo] contagious;
    [por contacto indirecto] infectious
    2. [risa, entusiasmo] infectious
    * * *
    adj contagious
    * * *
    contagioso, -sa adj
    : contagious, catching
    * * *
    contagioso adj contagious

    Spanish-English dictionary > contagioso

  • 93 controlarse

    1 (moderarse) to control oneself
    * * *
    VPR (=dominarse) to control o.s.

    ¡no te exaltes, contrólate! — don't get worked up, control yourself!

    no pude controlarme y le dije todo lo que pensaba — I couldn't control o stop o help myself and told him exactly what I thought

    deberías controlarte con el tabaco — you should watch how much you smoke, you should try and keep your smoking down

    * * *
    (v.) = command + Reflexivo, pace
    Ex. She could not command herself sufficiently to be able to articulate.
    Ex. Reference librarians can help alleviate technostress by establishing a relaxed, psychologically supportive atmosphere, pacing their instruction, and using active learning.
    * * *
    (v.) = command + Reflexivo, pace

    Ex: She could not command herself sufficiently to be able to articulate.

    Ex: Reference librarians can help alleviate technostress by establishing a relaxed, psychologically supportive atmosphere, pacing their instruction, and using active learning.

    * * *

    ■controlarse verbo reflexivo to control oneself
    ' controlarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    controlar
    English:
    control
    - help
    * * *
    vpr
    to control oneself;
    tuve que controlarme para no pegarle I had to make an effort to stop myself hitting him
    * * *
    v/r control o.s.

    Spanish-English dictionary > controlarse

  • 94 conveniencia

    f.
    1 usefulness.
    2 convenience.
    sólo mira su conveniencia he only looks after his own interests
    * * *
    1 (utilidad) usefulness
    2 (oportunidad) suitability, advisability
    3 (provecho) interest, benefit
    4 (convenio) agreement
    \
    faltar a las conveniencias not to keep social conventions
    conveniencias sociales social conventions
    matrimonio de conveniencia marriage of convenience
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=utilidad) [de una acción] advisability

    ser de la conveniencia de algn — to be convenient to sb, suit sb

    2) (=provecho propio)

    por conveniencia: lo hace por conveniencia — he does it because it suits him o because it's in his own interest(s)

    bandera 1), matrimonio 1), pabellón 7)
    3) pl conveniencias † (=propiedad) property sing ; (=renta) income sing ; [de criado] perquisites
    4) † (=acuerdo) agreement
    5) † (=puesto) domestic post, job as a servant
    * * *
    1) (interés, provecho)

    se casó por conveniencia — he made o it was a marriage of convenience

    2) (de proyecto, acción) advisability
    * * *
    = adequacy, advisability, convenience, desirability, expediency, suitability, fitness, desirableness, cosiness [coziness, -USA], reasonability.
    Ex. A critical abstract normally comments the adequacy of experimentation and survey methodology.
    Ex. He convinced our new president to have the board discuss the advisability of programming at all, especially since we had a film showing last month that drew only three people.
    Ex. Ironically, the most dangerous bias exists because of the usefulness and convenience of books themselves.
    Ex. Many people working on code revision and a lot of our catalogers are well aware of the desirability of getting catalog data distributed speedily.
    Ex. And we have all of the ingredients for the creation of an atmosphere in which the proponents of expediency could couch their arguments in terms of cost effectiveness.
    Ex. The features which contribute to UDC's suitability for detailed indexing are particularly valued in special libraries.
    Ex. In evaluating the fitness of certain items for inclusion or exclusion in bibliographies it could, indeed, be argued that 'control' could be thought of as a repressive, censoring, device.
    Ex. Its title deserves giving in full: 'The desirableness of establishing personal intercourse and relations between librarians and readers in popular libraries'.
    Ex. The 1st impression of cosiness is dispelled on closer examination, which reveals gross overcrowding in staff working areas.
    Ex. A major objective of this project was also to demonstrate both the possibility and the reasonability of using handheld technology = Además, uno de los principales objetivos de este proyecto fue demostrar la posibilidad y la conveniencia de utilizar tecnología portátil para simplificar y normalizar el proceso de recogida de datos.
    ----
    * matrimonio de conveniencia = marriage of convenience.
    * por conveniencia = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.
    * * *
    1) (interés, provecho)

    se casó por conveniencia — he made o it was a marriage of convenience

    2) (de proyecto, acción) advisability
    * * *
    = adequacy, advisability, convenience, desirability, expediency, suitability, fitness, desirableness, cosiness [coziness, -USA], reasonability.

    Ex: A critical abstract normally comments the adequacy of experimentation and survey methodology.

    Ex: He convinced our new president to have the board discuss the advisability of programming at all, especially since we had a film showing last month that drew only three people.
    Ex: Ironically, the most dangerous bias exists because of the usefulness and convenience of books themselves.
    Ex: Many people working on code revision and a lot of our catalogers are well aware of the desirability of getting catalog data distributed speedily.
    Ex: And we have all of the ingredients for the creation of an atmosphere in which the proponents of expediency could couch their arguments in terms of cost effectiveness.
    Ex: The features which contribute to UDC's suitability for detailed indexing are particularly valued in special libraries.
    Ex: In evaluating the fitness of certain items for inclusion or exclusion in bibliographies it could, indeed, be argued that 'control' could be thought of as a repressive, censoring, device.
    Ex: Its title deserves giving in full: 'The desirableness of establishing personal intercourse and relations between librarians and readers in popular libraries'.
    Ex: The 1st impression of cosiness is dispelled on closer examination, which reveals gross overcrowding in staff working areas.
    Ex: A major objective of this project was also to demonstrate both the possibility and the reasonability of using handheld technology = Además, uno de los principales objetivos de este proyecto fue demostrar la posibilidad y la conveniencia de utilizar tecnología portátil para simplificar y normalizar el proceso de recogida de datos.
    * matrimonio de conveniencia = marriage of convenience.
    * por conveniencia = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

    * * *
    A
    (interés, provecho): sólo piensa en su conveniencia personal he only thinks of his own interests
    te hizo el favor por conveniencia she only did you the favor because it was in her own interest
    se casó por conveniencia he made o it was a marriage of convenience
    Compuesto:
    fpl social conventions (pl)
    B (de un proyecto, una acción) advisability
    * * *

    conveniencia sustantivo femenino
    a) (interés, provecho):


    lo hizo por conveniencia she only did it because it was in her own interest;
    se casó por conveniencia it was a marriage of convenience

    c) (de proyecto, acción) advisability

    conveniencia sustantivo femenino
    1 (interés) benefit
    2 (provecho) advisability, convenience
    ' conveniencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discusión
    - haber
    - polemizar
    - comodidad
    English:
    convenience
    - handiness
    - marriage
    - wisdom
    * * *
    1. [utilidad] usefulness;
    [oportunidad] suitability
    2. [interés] convenience;
    sólo mira su conveniencia he only looks after his own interests;
    un matrimonio de conveniencia a marriage of convenience
    * * *
    f
    1 de hacer algo advisability
    2
    :
    hacer algo por conveniencia to do sth in one’s own interest;
    matrimonio de conveniencia marriage of convenience
    * * *
    1) : convenience
    2) : fitness, suitability, advisability

    Spanish-English dictionary > conveniencia

  • 95 crear problemas

    v.
    to create problems, to make trouble, to make problems.
    * * *
    (v.) = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble
    Ex. Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.
    Ex. This article describes the problems which built up in the Danish Patent Office from 1977 to 1983.
    Ex. As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
    * * *
    (v.) = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble

    Ex: Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.

    Ex: This article describes the problems which built up in the Danish Patent Office from 1977 to 1983.
    Ex: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > crear problemas

  • 96 crearse

    1 to make, make for oneself
    2 (imaginarse) to imagine
    * * *
    (v.) = build up, hew
    Ex. The third thing I'm perturbed about is this general atmosphere of negativism which seems to be building up.
    Ex. All of the women hewed unconventional career paths mostly using convention.
    * * *
    (v.) = build up, hew

    Ex: The third thing I'm perturbed about is this general atmosphere of negativism which seems to be building up.

    Ex: All of the women hewed unconventional career paths mostly using convention.

    * * *
    vpr
    [inventarse]
    se ha creado un mundo de fantasía he lives in his own little world;
    se crea problemas él solo he imagines problems where there aren't any

    Spanish-English dictionary > crearse

  • 97 cursi

    adj.
    1 tacky(dress, song).
    2 prissy, affected, la-di-da, chichi.
    f. & m.
    affected person.
    * * *
    1 familiar (afectado) pretentious, affected, twee
    1 familiar pretentious person, affected person
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=amanerado) affected; (=remilgado) prissy; [en sus gustos] twee
    2) [objeto] twee
    2.
    SMF

    es una cursi — (=amanerada) she's so affected; (=niña remilgada) she's so prissy; [en sus gustos] she's so twee

    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) < objeto> corny, twee (BrE); < idea> sentimental, twee (BrE); < decoración> chichi
    II
    masculino y femenino (fam)
    * * *
    = cutesy [cutesier -comp., cutesiest -sup.], prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], stilted, high-flown, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].
    Ex. His prose, for instance, is repeatedly either too cutesy or too technical.
    Ex. It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.
    Ex. His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.
    Ex. Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.
    Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) < objeto> corny, twee (BrE); < idea> sentimental, twee (BrE); < decoración> chichi
    II
    masculino y femenino (fam)
    * * *
    = cutesy [cutesier -comp., cutesiest -sup.], prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], stilted, high-flown, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].

    Ex: His prose, for instance, is repeatedly either too cutesy or too technical.

    Ex: It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.
    Ex: His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.
    Ex: Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.
    Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.

    * * *
    ( fam):
    se cree muy elegante y refinada pero yo la encuentro cursi she thinks she's so chic and refined but she just seems affected to me
    sus ideas sobre el matrimonio son de lo más cursi her ideas on marriage are terribly romantic and sentimental, she has such twee ideas about marriage ( BrE)
    llevaba unos lacitos en el pelo de lo más cursi she was wearing some horribly prissy o ( AmE) cutesy o ( BrE) twee little ribbons in her hair
    tenía la casa decorada de la manera más cursi the decor in his house was terribly chichi o precious o fussy
    es muy cursilona she's terribly precious o affected o ( BrE) twee
    ( fam)
    es un cursi he's so affected o precious o ( BrE) twee
    * * *

     

    cursi adjetivo (fam) ‹ objeto› corny, twee (BrE);
    ‹ idea› sentimental, twee (BrE);
    ‹ decoración› chichi;
    ‹ persona› affected;
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam):
    ◊ es un cursi he's so affected o (BrE) twee

    cursi adjetivo pey pretentious, affected

    ' cursi' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    repipi
    - siútico
    English:
    corny
    - genteel
    - twee
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [vestido, canción] tacky, Br naff;
    se puso un sombrero muy cursi she put on this really tacky o Br naff hat;
    a mi abuela le gustan esas cortinas tan cursis my grandmother likes those twee curtains
    2. [modales, persona]
    es un escritor muy cursi he's such a corny writer;
    camina de una manera muy cursi she has a very affected way of walking;
    no seas cursi, cómete el plátano con las manos don't be so prissy, eat the banana with your hands
    ♦ nmf
    affected person;
    es un cursi he's so affected;
    no seas un cursi, cómete el plátano con las manos don't be so prissy, eat the banana with your hands
    * * *
    fam
    I adj persona affected
    II m/f
    :
    es un cursi he is so affected
    * * *
    cursi adj, fam : affected, pretentious
    * * *
    cursi adj twee

    Spanish-English dictionary > cursi

  • 98 curso de clases magistrales

    Ex. And the atmosphere, especially in elementary schools, should be celebratory, the events more akin to a literary workshop than to an adult lecture course.
    * * *

    Ex: And the atmosphere, especially in elementary schools, should be celebratory, the events more akin to a literary workshop than to an adult lecture course.

    Spanish-English dictionary > curso de clases magistrales

  • 99 cutre

    adj.
    1 cheap and nasty (de bajo precio, calidad). (peninsular Spanish)
    2 shabby, dingy.
    3 tight, stingy (tacaño).
    4 down-at-heel, shabby.
    5 in bad shape.
    6 mean, stingy.
    f. & m.
    Scrooge, miser.
    * * *
    1 (tacaño) mean, stingy
    2 familiar (sórdido) grotty, seedy
    * * *
    adjetivo (Esp fam) < hotel> seedy, shabby; < persona> shabby
    * * *
    = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], cheapo, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. I just put the DVD in my cheapo DVD player connected to my TV and it played without a hitch.
    Ex. Behind the shabby desk was a rather shabby man, with a tired and indecisive face.
    * * *
    adjetivo (Esp fam) < hotel> seedy, shabby; < persona> shabby
    * * *
    = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], cheapo, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].

    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

    Ex: I just put the DVD in my cheapo DVD player connected to my TV and it played without a hitch.
    Ex: Behind the shabby desk was a rather shabby man, with a tired and indecisive face.

    * * *
    1 ( Esp fam) ‹hotel› seedy, shabby
    el bar es un poco cutre the bar is a bit of a dive o is pretty seedy ( colloq)
    es un chico de lo más cutre he's terribly shabby o down-at-heel(s)
    2 ( ant) (tacaño) stingy
    * * *

    cutre adj fam
    1 (de mala calidad) shabby, grotty, seedy
    2 (tacaño) stingy
    ' cutre' also found in these entries:
    English:
    seedily
    - seedy
    - tatty
    * * *
    cutre adj
    Esp Fam
    1. [de bajo precio, calidad] cheap and nasty, crummy
    2. [sórdido] shabby, dingy;
    un garito cutre a sleazy nightclub
    3. [tacaño] tight, stingy
    * * *
    adj fam
    shabby, dingy

    Spanish-English dictionary > cutre

  • 100 dar la impresión de

    (v.) = contrive, conjure up + a picture of, come across as
    Ex. Examples would include deliberately contriving an authoritarian atmosphere, either institutional, by means of rules and regulations, or personal, by means of academic status, for instance.
    Ex. This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.
    Ex. It comes across mostly as an incomprehensible if entertaining story about a few spoiled people hell-bent on complaining incessantly.
    * * *
    (v.) = contrive, conjure up + a picture of, come across as

    Ex: Examples would include deliberately contriving an authoritarian atmosphere, either institutional, by means of rules and regulations, or personal, by means of academic status, for instance.

    Ex: This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.
    Ex: It comes across mostly as an incomprehensible if entertaining story about a few spoiled people hell-bent on complaining incessantly.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar la impresión de

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